Kentucky basketball: How 17 former Wildcats fared in the NBA Wednesday night

There was a full slate of NBA games Wednesday night, and 17 former Kentucky Wildcats were in action.

SEC Country will be keeping you up to date a few times per week with how former Kentucky players fared in their NBA games.

Here’s a rundown from Wednesday:

Performance of the night: Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis recorded his 22nd career 30-point, 15-rebound game Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies. That’s quite a way for the New Orleans Pelicans’ star big man to begin his sixth NBA season.

Davis finished with 33 points and 18 rebounds in a 103-91 loss to the Grizzlies. He was only 9-for-23 shooting from the floor, but Davis converted 14 of 17 free throws.

Runner-up performances: Willie Cauley-Stein, John Wall

Willie Cauley-Stein and the Sacramento Kings lost 105-100 to the Houston Rockets, but the 7-foot center contributed with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks. He was an efficient 10 of 15 from the floor. Cauley-Stein is entering his third NBA season.

Washington Wizards star John Wall didn’t shoot the ball well, going 10-for-28 from the floor and 0 for 3 from beyond the arc, but he added 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. Wall finished with 28 points, the second-highest scoring output of any former Kentucky player on Wednesday.